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Assessing Kim Jong-un’s First Six Months

It has been just over six months since Kim Jong-un took the helm of the world’s most volatile nuclear power. It’s time to take a look at how the world’s youngest head of state has fared on the job so far. A Remarkably Smo...

by Jenghiz von Streng

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The Human Right to Ski

North Korea is famous for several things, among them: eccentric totalitarian dictators, mass starvation, and the rejection of traditionally held international principles. This story fits in with all of these traditional themes...

by Conor Sullivan

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Google Earth Uncovers North Korea’s Secret Concentration and Detention Camps

Google Earth has uncovered concentration and detention camps that the North Korean government have been trying to keep secret for years. According to organizations like One Free Korea and The Committee for Human Rights in No...

by Natasha Lipman

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Postcard from Pyongyang

Flying from Beijing to Pyongyang is an unsettling journey. Not because you have to fly on Air Koryo – the world’s only one star airline – but because of the reputation that precedes this socialist dictatorship run co...

by Trudy McIntosh

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Life in the Shadow of North Korea

The tension between North Korea and South Korea has intensified continuously and dangerously over the past few weeks, to the point where the North has become a leading feature of international media coverage. However, the voice...

by Yoo Eun Lee

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North Korea: The Regime In The Balance.

A few weeks ago, reports emerged that North Korea had publicly executed around 80 people. Their crime; watching South Korean film and television shows. In a nation where public executions are not unknown, and punishments for mi...

by Simon Fraser

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WATCH: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About North Korea

One of the most secretive countries in the world, uncovered. Find out about unicorns, hamburgers and golfing records by watching 10 things you didn’t need to know about North Korea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl...

by Natasha Lipman

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Let’s Kick North Korea Out of the Playground

I do not believe that North Korea should be allowed into the Olympic Games. Period. I have voiced this opinion to many people in the last two weeks, and it seems like I am the only person who feels this way. To be clear, it i...

by Yoonah Je

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North Korea: Business As Usual

Whilst almost every sovereign state has, to some degree, embraced the progress of the 21st century, the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), by its own volition, has isolated itself from the rest.

by Simon Fraser

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Assessing Kim Jong-un’s First Six Months

The Human Right to Ski

Google Earth Uncovers North Korea’s Secret Concentration and Detention Camps

Postcard from Pyongyang

Life in the Shadow of North Korea

North Korea: The Regime In The Balance.

WATCH: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About North Korea

Let’s Kick North Korea Out of the Playground

North Korea: Business As Usual

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